Brentside High School
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Learning and Achieving Together.
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| London,Greenford Avenue, W7 1JJ, England. |
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| Type | Comprehensive |
| Specialist | Visual Arts |
| Number of students | ~1300 |
| Headmaster | Mr Arwel Jones |
| Website | http://www.brentsidehighschool.info/ |
is a co-educational Specialist Arts College for pupils aged 11–19. The current school building which opened in September 2004, was purpose built and designed by architects Seymour Harris.[1]
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[edit] History
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[edit] Location
Greenford Avenue Hanwell W7 1JJ,london, United Kingdom.
The school is located in Hanwell W7 in west London.
The School is also located next to many primary schools in the Hanwell area, such as Brentside Primary School (which it is often twinned with), Mayfield Primary School, Selbourne Primary School and Hobbayne Primary School.
[edit] BBC School News Report
Brentside High School in the winter/spring of 2006/07 participated in the BBC School News Report where some year 8 Students got to write, publish and broadcast their own news stories about current events happening in the country. It was a success and Brentside High School is currently being kept posted about upcoming events from the BBC and its partners.
[edit] The Arts
Brentside is the London Borough of Ealing's specialist Arts college. As a result of this the school has a large art department which receives additional funding and every student takes art lessons up to year 11.
The school also has a reputation for other branches of the arts. A gym and dance show is held at the school every year and the school puts on a production every year, directed by the head of drama, that features a cast of students and a live band of music teachers and students. Past productions have included Grease, My Fair Lady, Bugsy Malone and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In addition to this the school has arts mark gold status and organises trips and workshops that take the arts into the community, including productions by A-level student taking place at Hanwell town hall and trips to retirement homes by Year 10 students and some production cast members.
[edit] References
- ^ "First PFI Initi". Ealing Grid for Learning. http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/ealing/web/EGFL1/leadership/building_property/html/schls_pfi/First_PFI.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-24.[dead link]
Brentside is the London Borough of Ealing's specialist Arts college. As a result of this the school has a large art department which receives additional funding and every student takes art lessons up to year 11.
The school also has a reputation for other branches of the arts. A gym and dance show is held at the school every year and the school puts on a production every year, directed by the head of drama, that features a cast of students and a live band of music teachers and students. Past productions have included Grease, My Fair Lady, Bugsy Malone, Guys and Dolls and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In addition to this the school has arts mark gold status and organises trips and workshops that take the arts into the community, including productions by A-level student taking place at Hanwell town hall and trips to retirement homes by Year 10 students and some production cast members.
[edit] External links
- "Ofsted inspecton report, 2004" (PDF). OFSTED. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/101/101939.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-24.[dead link]
- "Education League Tables: Brentside High School". BBC News. 2004-11-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/307_5400.stm. Retrieved 2006-05-24.
- "Brentside High School Official Website". Brentside High School. http://www.brentsidehigh.ealing.sch.uk.
Coordinates: 51°31′37″N 0°20′24″W / 51.527°N 0.340°W
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